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2024 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Friday, August 9, 2024 Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT Lower.com Field (Columbus, OH) Leagues Cup Round of 32 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 6-14-6, 24 points (4-5-4 home; 2-9-2 away) 12th in MLS Western Conference Columbus Crew (MLS) 12-4-7, 43 points (6-1-4 home; 6-3-3 away) 3rd in MLS Eastern Conference
6-14-6 (24 pts.) 0.92 26 12th in West 41 1.58 40 52 2.00 -11 348 (112) 32.2% 324 323 51 1
Apple TV: Free on MLS Season Pass English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón Assistant ref: William Arrieta Assistant ref: William Chow Barrios 4th official: Marianela Araya Cruz VAR: TBD
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 36 54
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID FWD MID FWD FWD FWD DEF DEF DEF DEF FWD MID DEF FWD DEF MID MID DEF GK FWD MID GK MID
Name Pronunciation John Pulskamp Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo Robert Voloder VOLO-derr Dany Rosero danny roh-CERO Nemanja Radoja nem-AHN-ya RAHD-oy-ah Johnny Russell Memo Rodriguez Alan Pulido ah-LAHN pooh-LEE-doh Daniel Salloi shallow-EE Khiry Shelton KY-ree Tim Leibold LIE-bold Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe en-DEN-bay Robert Castellanos CASS-tee-YAH-nos Alenis Vargas uh-LEN-iss Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay Zorhan Bassong ZOR-uhn bah-SONG Willy Agada ah-GAH-dah Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros (loaned out) sis-NAIR-oce Erik Thommy tommy Chris Rindov rin-dove Tim Melia MEE-lia Stephen Afrifa uh-FREE-fuh Danny Flores Ryan Schewe SHAY-way Remi Walter vault-AIR W 16 15 12 10 11 10 9 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 7
L 4 7 4 4 9 8 9 14 11 10 10 11 11 12 14
T 5 3 7 11 5 7 7 3 7 9 9 8 8 7 2
GD +17 +11 +25 +11 +6 +3 +1 -13 -1 +3 -15 -13 -15 -12 -24
GP 25 25 23 25 25 25 25 26 25 25 25 25 25 25 23
Western Conference Pts 1. LA Galaxy 49 2. Los Angeles FC 47 3. Real Salt Lake 44 4. Colorado Rapids 41 5. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 38 6. Houston Dynamo FC 37 7. Seattle Sounders FC 37 8. Portland Timbers 36 9. Minnesota United FC 33 10. Austin FC 31 11. FC Dallas 30 12. Sporting Kansas City 24 13. St. Louis 23 14. San Jose Earthquakes 14
W 14 14 12 12 11 10 10 10 9 8 8 6 4 4
L 5 5 5 9 8 7 8 9 10 10 11 14 10 19
T 7 5 8 5 5 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 11 2
GD +14 +18 +17 +7 +8 +5 +5 +8 -1 -9 -1 -11 -14 -30
GP 26 24 25 26 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 26 25 25
RECORD POINTS PER GAME GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
12-4-7 (43 pts.) 1.87 23 3rd in East 47 2.04 52 22 0.96 +25 335 (128) 38.2% 183 348 26 3
2024 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Willy Agada Memo Rodriguez Willy Agada Willy Agada Alan Pulido Seven Players Erik Thommy Erik Thommy Jake Davis Zorhan Bassong
COLUMBUS CREW
9 GOALS 6 ASSISTS 63 SHOTS 23 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 32 FOULS COMMITTED 45 FOULS SUFFERED 8 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 2070 Tim Melia 1.96 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 71
2024 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts 1. Inter Miami CF 53 2. FC Cincinnati 48 3. Columbus Crew 43 4. New York Red Bulls 41 5. New York City FC 38 6. Charlotte FC 37 7. Orlando City SC 34 8. Toronto FC 30 9. Atlanta United FC 28 10. Philadelphia Union 27 11. CF Montreal 27 12. Nashville SC 26 13. D.C. United 26 14. Chicago Fire FC 25 15. New England Revolution 23
COLUMBUS CREW
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
13 10 100 31 6 3 21 41 4 1
Cucho Hernandez Diego Rossi Cucho Hernandez Cucho Hernandez Cucho Hernandez Diego Rossi Rudy Camacho Darlington Nagbe Malte Amundsen Three Players
1710 Patrick Schulte 0.89 Patrick Schulte 12 Patrick Schulte 7 Patrick Schulte 53 Patrick Schulte
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 16th season
(.526) 201-175-121
16th season
(.526) 201-175-121
WILFRIED NANCY
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
4th season 60-34-31 (.604) 2nd season 28-13-16 (.632)
LEAGUES CUP 2024 SCHEDULE & STANDINGS West Region - Group 4 Team Pts. 1. Toluca FC - x 6 2. Sporting Kansas City - x 3 3. Chicago Fire FC 0
W 2 1 0
L 0 1 2
T 0 0 0
PKW 0 0 0
GD +3 0 -3
GP 2 2 2
Round of 32 Friday, Aug. 9 at Columbus Crew • • • 1
Venue: Lower.com Field (Columbus, OH) Apple TV: Free on MLS Season Pass Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB (English), La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish)